There Is No Doubt That We Cannot Do Without Variable Quantities In The Sense Of The Potential Infinite. But From This Very Fact The Necessity Of The Actual Infinite Can Be Demonstrated.

-Georg Cantor

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There Is No Doubt That We Cannot

Georg Cantor

There Is No Doubt That We Cannot Do Without Variable Quantities In The Sense Of The Potential Infinite. But From This Very Fact The Necessity Of The Actual Infinite Can Be Demonstrated.

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